Arts and Aesthetics Collective
Featured Artists 2014
Tim McFarlane
"Drawing-based painting gestures, repetition of marks and color all play a significant role in my paintings. They are tools that guide me in creating works that offer an opening into a unique world of visual perception..."
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Michael Tagliaferro
"Modern History has shown artists of every genre forsook country of birth to be free from secular restraints placed upon their ethical, spiritual and aesthetic sensibilities. The emotional level that sustains life and art has no survival value in an un-feeling, secular environment..."
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Iman Jones
"True to the classic saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words", each photo also has a thousand stories. Some focus on happiness, while others display sadness and despair. But no matter what emotion the picture portrays, it is a moment captured from life. This is how I feel about this portfolio. These pictures are an extension of my personality, which reflects how I view the world..."
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Jeff Musillo
"With one firm, individual image, I want to create a story that evokes a full-range of emotions while producing a complete story for the viewer to examine and experience..."
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Oliver Sin
"I'm a high-wire walker type perfectionist who is interested in risky and dangerous processes, which can produce more prodigious results..."
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Featured Artists 2013
Alien Architect
"My visual artwork is pretty much me thinking: what if I were not trying to impress anyone or my self or trying to accomplish, prove, or be anything. I don't really want my art to be of anything exactly - I'd like it to remain open for the viewer to see things in it if they want to...."
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RoByn Thompson
"I want to take what is inside and make it visible, to make the unseen other-self tangible. I appreciate mystery in an image, uncertainty about what you are seeing. I want to tap into the timelessness of creation..."
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Featured Artists 2012
Al Johnson
"This to me is more than just a spiritual awakening. It is a process that shows me how not to intellectualize while on the path... to just exhale and let it flow..."
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Fawn Whelahan
"I paint from the musical images in my mind, and the colorful emotions of my soul. My paintings allow the uncommon and colorful to speak and be seen..."
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Theressa "Indigene" Gaskin
"My work explores issues of spirituality, myths, symbolism and universal womanhood. By painting the many faces of women, I connect to archetypal beings who celebrate women’s energies..."
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James Black
"My process is reflective of our relationship with the world itself: Aspiring for a deeper understanding of nature with attemps to gain a level of control..."
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Featured Artists 2011
Larry "Poncho" Brown
"My creations are a reflection of my personal values and pay homage to ongoing themes of unity, family, and spirituality..."
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Yeji Jun
"My works are not just transferred from my thoughts to paper. They go from me to my viewers, and from my worlds to theirs. My art is therefore a method of conversation..."
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Jamie Martinez
"I take great pride and dedication in my art, and try to translate as much of my energy as possible into every creation."
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Joseph C. Randall
Each work of art tells a compelling story…whether it’s a soul-revealing portrait, a sun-drenched island, or a people-filled urban street scene, the result is art that is rich and authentic...
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Featured Artists 2010
Lavett Ballard
"These are my Soul Visions. Images and memories sent to me. I could never classify my work as figurative, abstract or contemporary, it is truly evolving..."
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Danielle Charles
"Whether representational or completely abstract, my paintings, embody my love of life; reference my diverse afro-caribbean ancestry, and celebrate fully the simple dynamic between myself, and the world around me..."
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Featured Artists 2009
David Lawrence
"My art allows the viewer to exercise their subconscious mind pushing the limits of the imagination with bold colors, strong lines, and geometrical shapes using three dimensional concepts...."
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Baja Ukweli
"Seeking To Illuminate Legacies Lost is an Afrakan centered ideological composite of ancestral visages that explores the spirit with a haunting frequency that will awaken insurrection..."
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Featured Artists 2008
Willis Nomo
"My work is based on the emotions felt
when life is getting the best of you...
when you're filled with doubt, despair, depression,sadness and lonliness; but
thru it all we must always have hope..."
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Clifford Ward
"Embracing the mythologies, cultures and ethos of the African Diaspora, Australian Aborigines, Native Americans and Maori People of New Zealand through dance, religion and spirituality, my work has evolved into a “potpourri” of many of these indigenous peoples’ cultures. It is truly from my soul and I feel more and more like a conduit for my ancestors’ messages..."
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Featured Artists 2007
Leroy Johnson
"Mine is an expression of vernacular art in dialogue with post modernism using found objects and mixed media."
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Cheryl Durgans
"I am intrigued by non-linear composition, layering conceptual elements on top of one another to tell a cohesive story. Ive also
been fascinated by the pairing of color with words..."
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Willis Nomo
"My work is based on the emotions felt
when life is getting the best of you...
when you're filled with doubt, despair, depression,sadness and lonliness; but
thru it all we must always have hope..."
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Jean Wilson
"I am constantly trying to awaken the free spirited, “child-like” artistic energy, approaches and experiences that lie
dormant in me..."
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Artists 2007
Retina Mitchell
"I like to create portraiture because I think when you look into a person's eyes you see their soul."
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Eric Battle
"I'm currently writing and drawing a comicbook project, looking to tell an intriguing story and re-define my visual perspective. I knew I wanted to draw comicbooks the first time I laid eyes
on one..."
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Featured Gallery
Gallerie Isada
The venue of art must be given
consideration equal to the passion
that inspired it.